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4-letter words (2 found)

RATA,TARA,

3-letter words (3 found)

ART,RAT,TAR,

2-letter words (4 found)

AA,AR,AT,TA,

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rata arta rtaa traa atra tara raat arat raat arat aart aart rtaa traa rata arta tara atra atar taar aatr aatr taar atar

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Definitions and meaning of rata

rata

Etymology 1

From Maori rātā or cognate Tahitian rātā (tree of genus Metrosideros). Compare Tahitian puarātā (Metrosideros collina).

Noun

rata (usually uncountable, plural ratas)

  1. (usually countable) Any of various New Zealand plants of the genus Metrosideros
  2. (usually uncountable) The hard dark red wood of such trees.

References

  • “rata, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2008.

Etymology 2

Compare Sinhalese රට ගොරකා (raṭa gorakā, “Garcinia xanthochymus”), Marathi रातंबी (rātambī, “Garcinia indica”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

rata (plural ratas)

  1. The yellow mangosteen, Garcinia dulcis, a tree native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and India.
    Synonyms: mundu, maphuut, Claudie mangosteen, gourka, eggtree

References

  • Garcinia dulcis at Germplasm Resources Information Network

Further reading

  • Metrosideros on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Mangosteen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Metrosideros on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Garcinia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

  • A.A.R.T., ATRA, Arta, Tara, Tārā, atar, ta-ra, tara

'Are'are

Noun

rata

  1. name

References

  • Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Balinese

Romanization

rata

  1. Romanization of ᬭᬢ
  2. Romanization of ᬭᬣ

Catalan

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rattus (“rat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈra.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈra.ta]

Noun

rata f (plural rates)

  1. rat
    Synonym: rat
  2. Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber)
    Synonym: saltabardissa
Derived terms
Related terms
  • ratador
  • ratadura

Further reading

  • “rata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “rata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “rata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “rata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

rata

  1. inflection of ratar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rata, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *tradō. Cognates include Estonian rada, Livonian radā, Karelian rata (“The Milky Way”), Ingrian rata (“The Milky Way”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑtɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ra‧ta

Noun

rata

  1. (literary) route, path, road
    Synonyms: tie, polku, reitti
  2. (rail transport) railroad track, track
    Synonym: rautatie
  3. (sports) track, lane, course, ground, range, sheet
    luistelurata ― skating track
    uimarata ― swim lane
    ravirata ― harness racing course
    jousiammuntarata ― archery ground
    ampumarata ― shooting range
    curling-rata ― curling sheet
  4. (mechanics) trajectory, course (path of a body as it travels through space)
    Synonym: lentorata
  5. (mechanics) orbit (path of one object around another)
    Synonym: kiertorata
  6. (figuratively) course (sequence of events)
    Kaikki menee normaalia rataansa. ― Everything follows the normal course of events.
  7. (slang) nightlife
    Synonym: baana

Declension

Derived terms

See also

  • ratas

Further reading

  • “rata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • -rtaa, arat, atra

French

Pronunciation

Verb

rata

  1. third-person singular past historic of rater

Anagrams

  • tara

Galician

Etymology

From rato (“mouse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈratɐ]

Noun

rata f (plural ratas)

  1. rat

Related terms

  • rato

References

  • “rata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “rata” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “rata” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Guaraní

Noun

rata

  1. fire

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rata, from Proto-Germanic *wratōną. The word is absent in the related modern languages, but cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐍄𐍉𐌽 (wratōn, “to travel, to journey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈraːta/
  • Rhymes: -aːta

Verb

rata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rataði, supine ratað)

  1. to find one’s way
  2. to know the way
    • a. 13th century, Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)

Conjugation

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrata]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ta
  • Rhymes: -ta

Etymology 1

From Malay rata, from Javanese ꦫꦠ (rata), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dataʀ. Doublet of datar and latar.

Adjective

rata

  1. even
    1. flat and level
    2. parallel: on a level; reaching the same limit
      Synonym: papar
  2. even, evenly, equally: in a fair manner of distribution, giving the same amount or number to each.
  3. flat
    Gempa bumi telah menyebabkan bangunan-bangunan itu menjadi rata dengan tanah. ― An earthquake had been flattened the buildings.
    Synonyms: datar, pelat
  4. smooth
    Permukaannya tidak rata. ― The surface is not smooth.
    Synonyms: halus, mulus
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Malay rata, from Sanskrit रथ (rátha, “chariot”).

Noun

rata (first-person possessive rataku, second-person possessive ratamu, third-person possessive ratanya)

  1. (obsolete) carriage
    Synonym: kereta
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “rata” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rata. Cognates include Finnish rata and Estonian rada.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈrɑtɑ/, [ˈrɑtɑ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈrɑtɑ/, [ˈrɑd̥ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ta

Noun

rata

  1. course, trajectory

Declension

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 460

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rata, from the Latin phrase pro rata parte (“according to the proportional share”), from ratus (“reckoned”), past participle of the verb reor (“to think over, deem, reckon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Hyphenation: rà‧ta

Noun

rata f (plural rate)

  1. instalment/installment

Anagrams

  • atra, tara

Javanese

Romanization

rata

  1. Romanization of ꦫꦠ

Ladin

Noun

rata f (plural rates)

  1. dose
  2. instalment

Verb

rata

  1. third-person singular present indicative of rater
  2. third-person plural present indicative of rater
  3. second-person singular imperative of rater

Lamalera

Noun

rata

  1. hair

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈra.ta/, [ˈrät̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈra.ta/, [ˈräːt̪ä]

Adjective

rata

  1. inflection of ratus:
    1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Latvian

Noun

rata m

  1. genitive singular of rats

Lindu

Noun

rata

  1. guest
  2. foreigner

Malay

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Rhymes: -ta

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dataʀ. Doublet of datar.

Adjective

rata (Jawi spelling رات)

  1. level, even, flat
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Indonesian: rata

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit रथ (ratha).

Noun

rata (Jawi spelling رات, plural rata-rata, informal 1st possessive rataku, 2nd possessive ratamu, 3rd possessive ratanya)

  1. chariot

Further reading

  • “rata” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lasa (Compare Fijian lasa).

Adjective

rata

  1. tame
  2. quiet

Northern Sotho

Etymology

Cognate with Zulu -thanda, Tsonga -rhandza.

Verb

rata

  1. to love

Occitan

Etymology

Feminine of rat (“rat”)

Pronunciation

Noun

rata f (plural ratas)

  1. (Rattus rattus) female black rat

Derived terms

  • rata d'aiga

Related terms

  • rat

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta
  • Homophones: ratā, ratha
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

rata

  1. Alternative spelling of surata

Etymology 2

Noun

rata

  1. Alternative spelling of ratā

Adjective

rata

  1. Alternative spelling of ratā

Further reading

  • "rata" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rate, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin ratus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: ra‧ta
  • Homophone: Rata

Noun

rata f (diminutive ratka)

  1. (banking, finance) installment (portion of debt)
    Hypernym: należność

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • rata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -atɐ
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ta

Noun

rata f (plural ratas)

  1. female equivalent of rato
  2. (chiefly Portugal, informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations

Etymology 2

Verb

rata

  1. inflection of ratar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rater.

Pronunciation

Verb

a rata (third-person singular present ratează, past participle ratat) 1st conj.

  1. to miss, to fail

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian rata (“installment”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rǎːta/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ta

Noun

ráta f (Cyrillic spelling ра́та)

  1. installment
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rata (Cyrillic spelling рата)

  1. genitive singular of rat

Sotho

Etymology

Cognate with Zulu -thanda, Tsonga -rhandza.

Verb

rata

  1. to love

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrata/ [ˈra.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: ra‧ta

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin rattus (“rat”), of Germanic origin. It is not known how the noun made the jump to a feminine noun.

Noun

rata f (plural ratas, masculine rato, masculine plural ratos)

  1. rat (a medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus)

Adjective

rata (invariable)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) stingy, miserly, tight-fisted
    Synonyms: tacaño, pesetero, hijo de puta
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) rat, jerk (a despicable person, especially who has been deceitful or disloyal)
  3. (colloquial, derogatory) rat, snitch, informant
    Synonyms: chivato, soplón, delator, sapo
Hyponyms
  • rata topo desnuda (“naked mole rat”)
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

rata f (plural ratas)

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • “rata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hrata, from Proto-Germanic *hratt- (“to rush”); see *hradaz (“hasty, quick”). Cognate with Icelandic hrata (“to lose balance”) and Old English hratian (“to hurry”).

Verb

rata (present ratar, preterite ratade, supine ratat, imperative rata)

  1. to reject
    Synonyms: avslå, försmå, kassera, skrota, underkänna, vraka
    Antonyms: anta, godta, ta, välja

Conjugation

References

  • rata in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • rata in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • rata in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tahitian

Etymology

Borrowed from English letter.

Noun

rata

  1. letter

Ternate

Etymology

Possibly from Malay rata (“level, flat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾa.ta/

Verb

rata

  1. (stative) to be smooth

Conjugation

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tswana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.ta/

Verb

go rata (past ratile)

  1. to love
  2. to like

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian страдать (stradatʹ). Compare Finnish raataa, Karelian ruadua and Ludian ruata.

Verb

rata

  1. to work
  2. to toil
  3. to act (perform an action)

Inflection

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “возделывать, действовать, обработать, работать, трудиться”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay rata (“level, flat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈr̪a.t̪a/

Verb

rata

  1. (stative) to be flat, level
    afi da rata ― level ground

Conjugation

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[3], Pacific linguistics

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